The share of private consumption in gross domestic product is significant; therefore, private consumption has a great influence on economic growth, which makes it a major concept in economics. The purpose of the paper is to estimate and evaluate different forecasting models for private...

This report examines whether Google search queries can be used to predict the present and the near future house prices in Finland. Compared to a simple benchmark model, Google searches improve the prediction of the present house price index by 7.5 % measured by mean absolute error. In addition,...

Postal service volumes have diminished and the profitability of postal and courier activities has weakened in Finland in recent years. The study evaluates the development of the service volumes, profitability and employment of postal and courier activities until 2020. The distribution volumes of...

Tutkimuksessa kehitetään toimialojen t&k-panostusten ja tuottavuuden ennustejärjestelmää, jota voidaan käyttää myös julkisen t&k-rahoituksen vaikuttavuutta tarkasteleviin simulointeihin. Kokonaistuottavuuden kasvua määrittävät mallissa keskeisesti toimialojen tuotannon laadun ja...